McNaspy Stadium

McNaspy Stadium was a 4,500 seat stadium built on the campus of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (then called Southwestern Louisiana Institute) in 1940. The stadium was located to the southwest of Earl K. Long Gymnasium, which had been built the previous year, and consisted of a large home grandstand on the north side and bleachers on the south, with a cinder track surrounded by hedges in the end zones. The field was oriented in a northeast-southwest direction, mirroring the street grid of the rest of the campus. It was named for the first athletic director and football coach at the university, Clement "C. J" McNaspy. The Camellia Bowl was held there in 1948.

Replaced by a newer facility called Cajun Field, the stadium was demolished in 2000 to make room for Oliver Hall, named after James R. Oliver, who created the Computer Science Department at Louisiana-Lafayette. Oliver Hall houses the University's Computer Science Department. The original dirt track that encircled McNaspy Field partially remains as a reminder of this university landmark.

The stadium was used by the university's men's soccer team until the mid-1980s. It was also used by the Pride of Acadiana for practice while a new parking garage was built on Hamilton Field. The band has since returned to a reconfigured Hamilton Field. Recently, trees were planted around the former football field, marking one of the first steps in creating an additional quadrangle there.

Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football

Venues	McNaspy Stadium (1940–1970) Cajun Field (1971–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Lamar (Sabine Shoe) Louisiana–Monroe: Battle on the Bayou McNeese State (Cajun Crown) Southeastern Louisiana (Cypress Mug)

Culture & lore	Cayenne "Ragin' Cajuns Fight Song" Pride of Acadiana

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

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